Scarlet Price

Chapter 3

Rough. Wet. A cave? I'm still groggy but sentence are forming better now. Something touches my leg and I finally consent to opening my eyes. When I do suddenly I remember yesterday. Or what I think was yesterday. I have no idea how long I've been asleep. Oh my god. I was kidnapped from kidnappers. Despite the circumstances I smile.

"Your awake?" I hear an all to familiar voice say.

"No I'm dead." I reply slowly sitting up. My vision clears and I see Soron. As soon as this registers in my drugged up brain I scoot back to the other wall. I do a quick glance around and see I am in a cave. But I think we must be in the very back of it because the only light is coming from a lamp on a table near Soron.

"Listen I need to explain everyth-" I cut him off

"Oh no it's fine I understand that your airless back stabbing a-"

"Listen to me Scarlet!! Everything I did have a reason! I couldn't keep you safe if I didn't let those freaks think I was on their side." he looks at me for a response but I jut sit quietly looking everywhere but at him. I notice a small table with two chair pushed up against the wall. I see a small couch or a love seat sitting further back in the room.

"I had to let them take you so they wouldn't suspect me. I was going to let them keep you for a few days just to insure their faith in me but after day one I couldn't stand it anymore. I set off a fire in the west wing and ran to the south wing to find you. When I saw what they had done I- I new I had done the right thing in finding you. So without them watching me I could get everything ready for you." He looks at me with those piercing eyes.

We sit in silence for what seems hours. Finally I sigh and look at him.

"If you telling me the truth," he nods at me smiling a little, "then I will stay here with you for a few days. But then you have to buzz off. Understand?" his smile disappears but he nods again.

"Are you hungry?" he asks me.

"Hell yes I am. Where have you been for the past few days. I've been drugged, tested, and experimented on. Of corse I want food!" at this Soron smiles. He stands up an motions for me to follow.

I look around one last time for escape routs just in case. I am living with a boy so I can't be to careful.

••••

The food was wonderful but I'm not about to tell Soron that. We ate breakfast for dinner. Pancakes, bacon, eggs, and toast. I have no idea where Soron got the money for this. After all we are just high schoolers. A wave if nostalgia hits me as I think if when I was the only one who knew of my.... problem. This brings something into my mind.

"Soron, how did you find out about my wings?" I say as I pick up my dish and take it to the small sink.

"I'm not going to lie to you. I stalked you. For a week but I swear I didn't watch you shower or anything I just followed you when you went into the woods or walked back from school. Let me tell you though you are very good at hiding your wings because I only saw them once. But it was when you were up in the sky because I lost you in the woods. I looked up and there you were slowly turning into a speak against the horizon." He said looking into the distance.

"Wait you fricken stalked me? What the hell is wrong with you?!" I do a mental face palm and start washing my plate. Soron hands me his and I laugh.

"I will clean up after my self but I'm not your maid. You can wash you're own plate." Soron turns tomato red and looks down his black hair falling into his face. I sigh and grab his plate and start washing it.

"Only because you cooked." I mumble not looking at him. I don't want him to think I like him because I don't. I love the Soron I knew but this new Soron is a Lying jerk who sold me to 'those' people. Yes, I found out he did indeed sell me. For quite a high price. I have my ways of investigation too. Finally Soron takes me to a bedroom and red flags are running through my mind. But they leave when he shows me the shower and hands me some of my old clothes.

"I stopped by the high school and got them out of your locker. I hope you don't mind." I grab the clothes and walk to the shower. It doesn't surprise me that he knew my locker code. After he has been stalking me. I try to turn on the shower for five minutes until finally I manage it. There is nothing harder then turning on some one else's shower. I take a nice long shower and scrub the dried blood off my are where they stuck needles in my arm recklessly. I know I should be easier on Soron but he lied to me. He was my only friend and he betrayed me. I don't care he he had a good reason for it or if he is smoking hot that doesn't change the fact that I can't trust him. I can't trust anybody.

••••

I walk back into the living room and see him righting something on a piece of paper. He looks up at me and smiles. I ignore it.

"Is there a bed or a couch big enough for me and only me to sleep in?" yes I know I'm as awkward as hell but I wanted to make sure he understood that I was not sleeping with him.

"Um yea you can have the bed in the room were you showered." He said running his hand through is hair. I mutter a thanks and walk back into the room I just came out of. I close the door and lock it just in case. I lay down in the bed and fall a sleep quickly letting my aching body rest for once.